Improvement in apparatus for supplying air



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

' HENRY W. ADAMS, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN APPARATUS FOR SUPPLYING AIR.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 110,414, dated December 27, 1870.

To alrlohom it may concern Beit known that I, HENRY W. ADAMS, of Philadelphia, in the county of PhiladelphiaJ and' State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Air- Suppliers for Collecting and Supplying Air to Air-Holders, or` being passed through any volatile hydrocarbon to burners for producing artificial light, or for furnaces or other heating apparatus; and I do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, making a part thereof, in which- Figure l represents an end View. Fig. 2 represents a section vertically through .the cylinder and reservoir, leaving the shaft and pulley in elevation.

The nature of my invention consists in rotatiug the compartments of a cylinder constructed and arranged similar to the ordinary gas-meter by any iirst-motive power, for the purpose of drawing in, collecting, and forcing out air, which may be used (after being carbonized) for producing artificial light, or for furnace, or for any other preparatory apparatus for heating or burning purposes.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will proceed to dcscribe the same with reference to the drawing.

I take a hollow cylinder case, A, within which a wheel, B, constructed similar to a gas-meter wheel, is placed, and supported in a shaft, D.

A tank or water-chamber, M, open at the top, is aflixed to the side of the case A, as seen in the drawing, the shaft D being made to extend into said tank M through an opening made through the side of case A, and through which same opening the branch pipe f also extends.

The said branch-pipef leads out of a vertical conducting-pipe, E, which is placed within tank M, said pipe E being open at its top and closed at its bottom.

The upper ends of both of the pipes E and f are made to extend above the level a a of the top surface of the water within the tank M, the chambers between the inner and outer cylinder and wheel B, as seen in Fig. 2.

Geared to the shaftD is a pulley, N, around which passes a chain or cord, o, with a weight attached, which is arranged upon a shaft having its bearings in the frame I of the machine.

Upon the shaft@- is also arranged a spurwheel, G, which gears into a cog-wheel, g, upon the shaft e, also bearing in the frame I of the machine, and upon said shaft e is arranged a drum, (shown by dotted lines in Fig. 1,) around which is wound a cord, h, which said cord may pass over a pulley arranged in any convenient position above the machine, and should be furnished with a weight, which, in falling, would be sufficient to rotate the wheel B.

On the end of the drum on the shaft c is arranged a circular rack, d, into which plays a pawl, c, which is firmly held in Vplace by a spring, b.

This arrangement is for the purpose of applying a key or crank to the end of the shaft c, for the purpose of winding up the cord 0 onto the drum, in doing which the pawl slips over the rack, and when wound up will "commcnce rotating the wheel B, through the wheel F, cord or band o, and pulley N, on the shaft geared to the shaft D, as above described.

H is a pipe, opening into the air-chamber, and through which the air maybe conveyed to any apparatus where it is desirable to use it.

I have described an apparatus driven simply by a weight running over a pulley. I do not intend to confine myself' to the use ot' the weight above, but intend to drive the airwheel by any suitable power, as steam, water, &c.

Vhen. the machine is in operation the airis drawn in through the pipe P and is carried by the action of the water through the compartments of the wheel B into the chamber bctween the cylinder A and wheel B, fro n vwhence it may be conveyed to any desirable apparatus or place to be used through the pipe H. Y

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim therein as new is- The combination and arrangement of the wheel B, provided with compartments in the case A, pipes P, E, H, and f, gearing G g t', pulley N, cord o, and frame I, all constructed and operating as shown and described, as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

HENRY W. ADAMS.

Witnesses:

WM. S. HoLLIDAY, OHAs. Gr. FISHER. 

